Many
experienced teachers may have found that all it takes
is one disruptive student to derail a class and drain
the joy right out of teaching.

Of course, disruption in a
classroom is not necessarily a bad thing. Some would
argue that disruptive people are essential to the
creative process
– they stir
things up, they shake the box, they push thinking to
the edges. And such creativity is essential to
learning and growth.

Still,
there’s a line crossed where disruption becomes
destruction, and that we can’t allow as effective
educators.